Space pilots everywhere ready their weapons as the Xbox 360 exclusive arcade-style space shooter lands at retail.
Starting today, the galaxy will be filled with all willing and able pilots with the release of “Project Sylpheed,” exclusively for the Xbox 360. Published by Microsoft and Square Enix, “Project Sylpheed” is rated “T” for Teen and will be available at retailers in North America at the estimated retail price of $39.99.
Developed by Game Arts, developers of the original “Silpheed,” and SETA Corporation, “Project Sylpheed” revitalizes the franchise from a side-scrolling arcade classic into a next-generation, intergalactic 3-D dogfight.
Gamers play as main character Katana Faraway in the immersive story line of “Project Sylpheed,” as they attempt to save the Terra Central Government (TCG) against the evil ADAN alliance. “Project Sylpheed” features almost an hour of beautifully orchestrated cinematic cut-scenes between extreme battles where enemies can number in the thousands. Fully customizable starships and intense space combat provide gamers with the experience of triumphing over insurmountable odds, against swarms of enemies and battleships hundreds of times the size of their starfighters.
Eager intergalactic aerial pilots have the opportunity to hone their skills on the “Project Sylpheed” demo, which is available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace. The demo includes an entire mission with an expanded weapons arsenal as players will experience the frenetic space combat available in “Project Sylpheed,” in addition to a full tutorial level and in-game introduction trailer to familiarize them with the challenges ahead in the beautiful and expansive final game.
New toolbox has been released to complement iXtrm Hiachi v1.2 firmware.
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The credit on ixtreme firmware is for Commodore4eva, I only ported to
Fw toolbox to support all variants of 78/79 drives (and upper).
SPECIAL NOTE ON FLASHING HITACHI 79FK DRIVES:
Sorry for the confusion that the "79 flashing" video have caused, that
video was uploaded by one no-more-beta-tester without my permision. I wake
up this morning flooded by tons of emails for congratulations and I feel
the need to clarify the situation.
It is possible to flash by software the 79 drives but needs the previous
installation of a physical device (as the one proposed by team xecuter).
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Mercury News is reporting a price cut move by Microsoft. Its code name is Falcon, which is a move to 65 nanometer chipsets. Cpu, and Gpu. With perhaps beefed up heatsinks, smaller motherboard, and possibly sticking the power brick in the console.
Its also mentioned that perhaps Microsoft has plans down the road for 45 nanometer chipsets.
Lastly a Wedbush Morgan analyst expects the recently released Xbox 360 Elite to go from USD 479 to USD 399, the Premium model to see a drop from USD 399 to USD 349 and the Core system to be reduced from USD 299 to USD 249.
SANTA MONICA, Calif., (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATVI) today announced that Robert Kotick, Chairman and CEO of Activision, Inc., along with members of the executive management team will provide a corporate presentation to analysts during the upcoming E3 Media & Business Summit on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at approximately 12:30pm PT/3:30pm ET.
The presentation will be broadcast over the Internet. To access the webcast, please log on to www.activision.com or: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/playerlink.zhtml?c=60455&s=wm&e=1588763
Please note that the presentation time is subject to change.
During the course of the presentation, Activision may make forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of the company. We wish to caution you that these statements are only predictions and actual events or results may differ materially. We refer you to the company's last Form 10-K and Form 10-Q for a discussion of important risk factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those discussed during the course of the presentation.
SEGA have finally announced that their arcade fighting game, Virtua Fighter 5 for the Xbox 360, will feature an online versus mode at launch in Autumn 2007.
The Xbox 360 version of Virtua Fighter 5 is based on the latest arcade version update and features both analogue-stick and D-pad control, as well as vibration support. The game also includes an improved Quest mode featuring more CPU rivals, items, and emblems for character customization. The DOJO mode has added features including leaderboards, training move settings, improved throw and escape training, and the option to change your opponent’s position and recovery type. These all work to create a more refined DOJO mode where players can improve their fighting strategy.
Xbox 360 owners with Hitachi drives, now have their iXtreme firmware. You can't flash v78fk's at the moment, but firmware toolbox is expected to be updated Monday allowing 78fk's to be flashed.
Media Stealth, Disc-Jitter,Xbox 360 backup firmware modification!
Features
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(v1.2) Extra verification performed on Stealth backups
(v1.1) Extra verification performed on Stealth backups
(v1.0) Defeats all current Xbox Live detection attempts
(v1.0) Boots ONLY Stealth Xtreme Xbox 360 backups
(v1.0) Boots ONLY Stealth Xtreme Xbox 1 backups
(v1.0) Boots all Xbox 360 originals
(v1.0) Boots all compatible Xbox 1 originals on Xbox 360
Use on Xbox Live at own risk
Technical details
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Defeats all current and some future Xbox Live detection attempts.
Thanks to all the beta testers,everyone involved for without their effort this would not have been possible. Keep up the good work everyone. Thanks also go to Fuzzylogic and GAryOPA. [email protected]
Always recommended: If your drive is flashed USE A RESTORE FIRST
(Use the restore included on this package)